Spruance-class destroyer USS O'Bannon (DD-987)

Mayport, Florida (FL), US

Originally scheduled to remain in service through 2010, decommissioning of the Spruance-class destroyers was accelerated as a cost saving measure, and by June 2005 O'Bannon was the last Spruance destroyer in service in the Atlantic Fleet.

O'Bannon was decommissioned on 19 August 2005 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She remains in the Reserve Fleet, as of 2006. As of being decommissioned She was scheduled to be transferred to the Turkish Navy.

Spruance-class destroyer USS O'Bannon (DD-987)

Mayport, Florida (FL), US

USS O'Bannon (DD-987), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1776–1850), an early hero of the US Marine Corps.

O'Bannon was laid down on 21 February 1977 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 25 September 1978; and commissioned on 15 December 1979.

Originally scheduled to remain in service through 2010, decommissioning of the Spruance-class destroyers was accelerated as a cost saving measure, and by June 2005 O'Bannon was the last Spruance destroyer in service in the Atlantic Fleet.

O'Bannon was decommissioned on 19 August 2005 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She remains in the Reserve Fleet, as of 2006. As of being decommissioned She was scheduled to be transferred to the Turkish Navy.

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